late

late
adjective
  1. doing something or taking place after the expected, proper, or usual time
    晚的，迟的
    his late arrival.
    他的迟来。
    she was half an hour late for her lunch appointment.
    她午餐约会晚到了半个小时。
  2. belonging or taking place far on in a particular time or period
    迟来的
    they won the game with a late goal.
    他们以迟来的进球赢得了比赛。
    ■[attrib.]denoting the advanced stage of a period
    （时段）晚期的，末期的
    the late 1960s.
    20世纪60年代后期。
    arriving in the late afternoon.
    下午很晚才到达。
    ■far on in the day or night
    （时间）晚的
    I'm sorry the call is so late.
    对不起这么晚给您打电话。
    it's too late for sherry.
    现在喝雪利酒太晚了。
    ■originating at a point far on in an artistic period or artist's life
    （艺术时期，艺术家生涯）晚期，后期
    his highly abstracted late landscapes.
    他晚期高度抽象派的风景画。
    late Gothic style.
    晚期哥特风格。
    ■flowering or ripening towards the end of the season
    （花，果实）晚期的，后期的
    the last late chrysanthemums.
    最后的晚期开放菊花。
  3. (the/one's late)(of a specified person) no longer alive
    （人）已故的
    the late Francis Bacon.
    已故的弗朗西斯•培根。
    her late husband's grave.
    她亡夫的坟墓。
    ■no longer having the specified status; former
    原来的，以前的
    a late colleague of mine.
    一个我原来的同事。
  4. (latest)of recent date
    最近的，最新的
    the latest news.
    最新消息。
adverb
  1. after the expected, proper, or usual time
    迟，晚
    she arrived late.
    她迟到了。
  2. far on in time; towards the end of a period
    后期，末期
    it happened late in1984.
    这发生在1984年晚些时候。
    ■at or until a time far on in the day or night
    （时间）晚
    now I'm old enough to stay up late.
    现在我够大了，可以迟睡了。
    ■(later)at a time in the near future; afterwards
    不久以后
    I'll see you later.
    回头见。
    later on it will be easier.
    稍后这就会容易一些。
  3. (late of)formerly but not now living or working in a specified place or institution
    以前，原
    Mrs Halford, late of the County Records Office.
    哈尔福特夫人，原就职于郡档案室。
noun
  1. (the latest)the most recent news or fashion
    最新消息，最新款式
    have you heard the latest?.
    你听说最新消息了吗？。
常用词组
at the latest
  1. no later than the time specified
    最迟，最晚
    all new cars will be required to meet this standard by 1997 at the latest.
    要求所有的新车最迟于1997年前达到这一标准。
late in the day (或 北美 game)
  1. at a late stage in proceedings, especially too late to be useful
    为时已晚，时机已过
    you've realized it a little late in the day.
    你已经认识到了，不过为时已晚。
of late
  1. recently
    最近，近来
    she'd been drinking too much of late.
    她最近喝得太多。
派生
lateness
noun
语源
  1. Old English læt (adjective; also in the senseslow, tardy), late (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to German lass, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lassus 'weary', let, and let
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